At the age of 23, he took the first step to be a "tiger man" and had his face tattooed with tiger stripes. Since then, he has received head plastic surgery projects including sharpening teeth, cutting off the upper lip under the nose, sharpening ears, padding cheeks, filling his forehead, changing his nose into a flat nose, and soaring nostrils.
Every morning, Avner also wears a fake moustache with the help of her nails. In order to keep the fake tiger from falling all day, he asked someone to install these nails through his lips.
According to the relevant laws of the United States, regular plastic surgeons do not accept Avner's plastic surgery requirements, so most of his plastic surgery is done by Steve Hayward, a body transformation artist in Phoenix, Arizona.
Avner is covered with almost all kinds of tattoos and always wears green clothes. He plans to install two stainless steel brackets on the top of his head to install fake tiger ears. Not only does he look like a tiger, but Avner is trying to "look like a ghost". He likes climbing trees and must eat meat every day.
Avner has an Indian name called "Sneaking Cat". He wrote on his personal website: "I am a descendant of Huron and Lakota. I turned myself into a tiger according to a very old tradition of Huron. As a tiger fan, I naturally like to climb trees and eat meat every day, just like a real tiger would do. "
However, Avner doesn't live the life of a tiger 24 hours a day. He lives in a neighborhood where he repairs computers for a living. When "Tiger Man" became famous, he appeared in many TV programs. In June 2007, he also participated in the "Believe it or not in ripley" fun festival held in new york.
Avner's pet is a cat. Talking about the difference between himself and the people around him, he thinks that "the only difference is that I look like a cat".
When talking about whether to find a female "tiger man" to marry, Avner said that although it is a bit difficult, it is not impossible. "I'm dating two women now," the Daily Mail quoted Avner as saying. "They understand my idea that being a tiger is more important than being a human being, which is difficult for many women to accept."